Friday, January 4, 2013

FIRST STEPS TO START SKATING:

FIRST STEPS TO START
SKATING:

What's up guys,

today we
are going to talk about the first things to do before start skating
and learning tricks.

The fist thing you're
going to do is pick a skateboard for yourself. Choosing the first
board could be difficult if you don't know nothing about
skateboarding, so you may ask someone in your local skateshop to help
you out, so you won't be wrong to choose the size of your fist board.
Also you will need trucks, wheels, a grip-tape an finally the
bearings.

It is advisable to get
also some protections like a helmet and pads (skating with protection
will make you skate better and learn faster your trick, specially
ramp tricks).

Once you got your
protection and the board that fits you more you're ready to roll.

Before skating you also
need to know that skateboarding is not like other sports. You will
need a lot of patience in learning tricks and persistence, that means
you have to do a trick until you learn it(only trying tricks won't
help you learn them) and then you can proceed to other tricks.( that's
why you should skate almost every day ).

Let's see now your first
step on your skateboard. First of all you have to know what stance
are you, goofy or regular. Goofy means that you skate with your right
foot as the front foot and you pop with the left foot, regular means
that you use you left foot as the front foot and you pop with your
right foot. Now that you know your stance it's time to push and ride
on.

Riding a skateboard is not
really difficult, but decides your style of skating (btw never copy a
skater's style, you'll just ruin your).

Use your backfoot (if
you're goofy the left foot, if you're regular the right one) to push
yourself and keep your front-foot on the bolts, so you will be more
balanced.

Now go out and learn to
ride your skateboard and remember, PERSISTENCE IS THE KEY!